Why is there no shortage of pitfalls in atlanta motor speedways pits?
If the key to winning at Atlanta Motor Speedway is navigating the 1.54-mile quad-oval’s sweeping turns, avoiding incidents on pit road at 45 miles per hour is a close second. That was the case for Juan Pablo Montoya, who appeared to be in the cat’s bird seat after narrowly missing a late-race pit road collision between Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards and Dale Earnhardt Jr. during last year’s Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. But Montoya suffered a similar same fate after ducking onto pit road for fresh rubber during the next caution. While exiting his pit box, Montoya wound up clipping Clint Bowyer’s Chevrolet. The collision resulted in extensive damage to a fender and relegated Montoya to the rear of the field. A promising day got even worse after the Colombia native’s No. 42 Dodge was collected in a pileup on the track following the ensuing restart. He went from legitimate contender to walking away with 40th-place pay. Former crew chief Jimmy Makar, the Vice President of racing o
No Shortage Of Pitfalls In Atlanta Motor Speedway Pits By Jeff Hood | Senior Writer RacinToday.com Hampton, Ga. – If the key to winning at Atlanta Motor Speedway is navigating the 1.54-mile quad-oval’s sweeping turns, avoiding incidents on pit road at 45 miles per hour is a close second. That was the case for Juan Pablo Montoya, who appeared to be in the cat’s bird seat after narrowly missing a late-race pit road collision between Kurt Busch, Carl Edwards and Dale Earnhardt Jr. during last year’s Pep Boys Auto 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. But Montoya suffered a similar same fate after ducking onto pit road for fresh rubber during the next caution. While exiting his pit box, Montoya wound up clipping Clint Bowyer’s Chevrolet. The collision resulted in extensive damage to a fender and relegated Montoya to the rear of the field. A promising day got even worse after the Colombia native’s No. 42 Dodge was collected in a pileup on the trac
